Reviews
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The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
In his first major work in nearly a decade, Hawking ponders the origins of the universe and the pursuit of a unified theory. THE GRAND DESIGN BY STEPHEN HAWKING AND LEONARD MLODINOW Bantam Books, 2010, 208 p., $28.
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Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries by Molly Caldwell Crosby
A historical account of the sleeping sickness pandemic of the 1920s and the science behind it. ASLEEP BY MOLLY CALDWELL CROSBY Berkley, 2010, 291 p., $24.95.
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Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean by Julia Whitty
Underwater rivers pulse with life in this lyrical exploration of ocean currents. DEEP BLUE HOME: AN INTIMATE ECOLOGY OF OUR WILD OCEAN BY JULIA WHITTY Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, 246 p., $24.
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Physics and Technology for Future Presidents by Richard A. Muller
A Berkeley physics professor puts his popular course for nonscientists into book form. PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS BY RICHARD A. MULLER Princeton Univ. Press, 2010, 517 p., $49.50.
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Book Review: The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
Review by Rachel Zelkowitz.
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Book Review: Climatopolis by Matthew E. Kahn
Review by Matt Crenson.
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101Things Everyone Should Know About Math by Marc Zev, Kevin B. Segal and Nathan Levy
Simple questions and answers teach math concepts and problem-solving skills. For kids age 10 to 14. 101THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MATH BY MARC ZEV, KEVIN B. SEGAL AND NATHAN LEVY Science, Naturally!, 2010, 208 p., $9.95.
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The Matchbox That Ate a Forty-Ton Truck by Marcus Chown
A cosmology writer puts basic physics principles in an everyday context. THE MATCHBOX THAT ATE A FORTY-TON TRUCK BY MARCUS CHOWN Faber and Faber, 2010, 269 p., $25.
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Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox
The history of lighting is a microcosm of scientific and technological advances since the Stone Age. BRILLIANT: THE EVOLUTION OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT BY JANE BROX Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, 368 p., $25.
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The Smart Swarm by Peter Miller
The behavior of animal swarms, schools and colonies holds lessons for technology and design. THE SMART SWARM BY PETER MILLER Avery Press, 2010, 336 p., $20.
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Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control by James Rodger Fleming
Humans have long tried — and mostly failed — to engineer weather and climate, a historian of science shows. FIXING THE SKY: THE CHECKERED HISTORY OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE CONTROL BY JAMES RODGER FLEMING Columbia Univ. Press, 2010, 344 p., $27.95.
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